different between bismuth vs aikinite

English

Etymology

From German Wismut, from Middle High German wism?t, from Latin bisem?tum, from Arabic ???????????????? (bis?m?tiyy?n), from Ancient Greek ???????? (psimúthion, “white lead”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?z'm?th, IPA^(key): /?b?z.m??/

Noun

bismuth (countable and uncountable, plural bismuths)

1. A chemical element (symbol Bi) with an atomic number of 83: a brittle silvery-white metal.
2. (countable) A single atom of this element.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• tetradymite

Anagrams

• Thimbus, shitbum

Danish

Alternative forms

• bismut, vismut (obsolete), vismuth (obsolete)

Noun

bismuth

1. bismuth

French

Etymology

From Middle French bismuot, bissemut, from German Wismut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis.myt/

Noun

bismuth m (uncountable)

1. bismuth

Further reading

• “bismuth” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??zmœ?ð]

Noun

bismuth n

1. (uncountable) bismuth
2. A part of bismuth

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Manx

Noun

bismuth m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. bismuth

Mutation

English

Etymology

Aikin +? -ite, after Arthur Aikin (1773-1854), English geologist.

Noun

aikinite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Aikinite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “aikinite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.